नक्कल

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نقل (naql), from Arabic نَقْل (naql). Compare Gujarati નકલ (nakal), Hindustani نَقَل (naqal) / नक़ल (naqal), Sindhi نَقُلُ / नक़ुलु, Punjabi ਨਕਲ (nakal) / نَقل (naql), Maithili नकल (nakal) / 𑒢𑒏𑒪 (nakala), Odia ନକଲ (nôkôlô), Bengali নকল (nokol).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nək.kəl/

Noun

नक्कल • (nakkal) f

1. copy, duplicate, imitation
2. mimicry, caricature

Derived terms

• नकली (naklī)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “नक्कल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नकल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “नक(क्क)ल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).